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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most people have two main places: home and work. The idea that you need a third sounds obvious the moment you hear it, which is maybe why sociologist Ray Oldenburg felt the need to write a whole book about it in 1989. That book, The Great Good Place, named […]\n\nThe post The low-effort way to build real connection: finding your third place first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
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